Mary Austen was a real person who married into the Austen family. Young Cassandra was engaged to Tom Fowle (Calam Lynch), who did tragically die before their wedding. There was really a Dr ...

Masterpiece’s latest period drama introduces audiences to a lesser-known Austen: Jane's sister Cassandra. History has not been kind to her, given that her most noteworthy act was burning much of ...

I almost wanted to bring it up earlier, because I have this beautiful folio book of Jane Austen’s History of England and it’s illustrated by Cassandra. Did it ever come up in conversation that ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. The series—which opens in 1830, 13 years after Jane’s death ...

But why did Cassandra burn them all? "1840: twenty three years after the death of her famous sister Jane, Cassandra Austen returns ... however the pair never married as he died while on an ...

Keeley Hawes, who stars as Cassandra Austen in the BBC drama ... If they didn’t get married, what did they have? And they were dependent on their husbands, on their brothers, and on their ...

How did that help to inspire you to write Miss Austen ... And that’s something Jane and Cassandra had to do, they had to improvise. When they weren’t married by the age of 25, they had ...

“She would write in the day and then read aloud in the family circle at night, which they all did ... Austen (played by Jessica Hynes), who was married to James Austen, brother to Cassandra ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Masterpiece’s latest period drama introduces audiences to a lesser-known Austen: Jane's sister ...